| 词汇 | in the neighborhood of |
| 释义 | Idiom in the neighborhood of(somewhere) in the neighborhood of (something) about or approximately.The size of the library is in the neighborhood of 5,000 books.We hope to get somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 for our house. Usage notes: used before a number and sometimes following something: We've had something in the neighborhood of 80,000 hits on our website. 27% of the time this follows "somewhere"--SL, 8/02 in the neighborhood of (some amount)Approximately some amount; close to some amount. We're going to have to spend in the neighborhood of $20,000 for this renovation. (somewhere) in the neighborhood of somethingFig. approximately a particular amount or measurement. I take somewhere in the neighborhood of ten pills a day for my various ailments. My rent is in the neighborhood of $700 per month. in the neighborhood ofAlso, in the region of. Approximately, about, as in They paid in the neighborhood of a million dollars, or I don't know exactly what the exchange rate is-somewhere in the region of 95 yen to the dollar . The first expression dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the mid-1900s. |
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